The first fixtures after the Eastern Canadian Championships will see Ladies’ Football and Hurling action.

In the ladies’ football, we have a game that could well be the decider for the Griffintown Gaels as they will be squaring up against the Verdun Vikings, who, have just a single path to the final available to them. The Vikings have to win this game, and win their final game against the Goose Village Blackrocks in order to tie on points with the Griffintown Gaels. They will also need to overturn a ten point score deficit over the course of these two games. Anything less than this will mean that the Griffintown Gaels will be joining the Goose Village Blackrocks in the ladies football final.
This is not an easy task, and it might even lead some to prematurely declare that the Vikings season is already over – but anyone who thinks that wasn’t watching the ladies’ teams in action at the Eastern Championships. The Vikings players will be building on their strong performances at the weekend, and the Gaels themselves will know that a place in the finals beckons and will be looking to finish this on their own terms. With so much on the line expect a flowing exhibition of football as both sides give it their all in one final push.

Next, we have a very important game of Hurling as Na Fianna Rouges take on PSC Cu Chulainn. The road to this point has been full of twists and turns. Initially, Na Fianna held their destiny in their own hands, and a win over St. Henri would have been enough to secure their place in the final. But it wasn’t to be, and the Harps struck hard and swung the pendulum back in their direction. But as fate would have it, St Henri failed to capitalise on this, and a loss against table toppers PSC Cu Chulainn shifted momentum back to Na Fianna.
Now as we enter the end game Na Fianna find themselves, one again, with a very simple proposition. Win here and secure a place in the final. Anything else, and they’ll be reliant on PSC beating St Henri in the last game of the season in order to go through.
Anything else, and they’ll be spectators for the final.
PSC for their part will see this as an opportunity to test themselves against a probable finals opponent, Na Fianna have gotten the better of PSC once already this season, so they’ll not want to be complacent. But if ever there was a time to work the kinks out and experiment, then it’s not.
This should be a fast and frantic game of Hurling, and expect both teams to leave it all on the field.

Both these fixtures are on Monday the 10th of September at Trenholm Park

7:00pm – Griffintown Gaels (Ladies) vs Verdun Vikings (Ladies)
8:00pm – Na Fianna Rouges vs PSC Cu Chulainn

Due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight’s scheduled superleague games have been cancelled.
These matches will be played at a later date in September.
Sorry for the disappointment!

All the Men’s football teams are in action this week in the penultimate men’s fixtures of this season.

First up, The Verdun Vikings will go up against the Griffintown Gaels. The Gaels will be riding high on the back of a fantastic performance against the Blackrocks in their last game, which moved them into second place. But with only two games left they’ll need to win here if they’re going to keep the pressure on as anything less could see them drop back into third, or possibly end up in an unconventional ménage à trois for second place. Neither scenario means the Geals season is over, but it would make things far more difficult, something they’ll be keen to avoid.
But a win here could well be a big ask for the Gaels, as the Vikings have been in fine form this season, and any notions about their loss at the start of the month signalling the beginning of a crisis were put to rest in their last fixture, where they handily dealt with the City Blues. This will probably be the most important game for the Gaels this season, they’ve risen from a bit of a slump to find their form and have a real shot at the finals, but with everything being so close all they can do is leave it all on the field, and hope for a little bit of good luck.

In the second fixture, the Montreal City Blues take on the Goose Village Blackrocks. The Blues are currently in last place, two points behind third place Blackrocks. But both wins this season for the Blues have come against the Blackrocks, making them the Rocks bogey team. And the Blues will be hoping to continue the hoodoo and torment the rocks some more by taking the third and final fixture.
If they manage this, then things get really interesting, as depending on the result of the first game, they’ll either be in a three way tie for second, or move to join third with the Backrocks, just behind the Gaels. A loss here will end their chances of being finalists, as they’ll have too much ground to cover and not enough time.
The Blackrocks will be looking to put an end to their run of bad form against the Blues, and a win here would keep them in contention for a place in the finals. Ideally, they’ll be looking for the Vikings to win so that they can capitalise and move back into second, with a game to go. But there’s a history here and the Rocks won’t find the Blues to be in the slightest bit accommodating.

So what will it be? Will one team start to pull away from the pack to join the Vikings in the final? Or will things get even tighter and this season will go right down to the wire? With all three teams having a shot at a place in the finals, expect these to be some fantastic games of football.

Both these fixtures are on Monday the 27th of August at Rutherford Park

7:00pm – Verdun Vikings vs Griffintown Gaels
8:00pm – Montreal City Blues vs Goose Village Blackrocks